The band is part of the NYHC[1] movement, and consisted of vocalist Jayden Panesso, rhythm guitarist/clean vocalist Miguel Cardona, lead guitarist Dustin Jennings, bassist Travis Hufton, and drummer Cody Ash.
Sylar formed in Queens, New York, in 2011, with Jayden Panesso and Thomas Veroutis after the two future band members connected on social media.
[2] The band has been described as creating a sound as if they use the studio "like an extra instrument... heavily produced and processed, with angular edits and heavily gated guitars creating an almost mechanical sound.
On April 11, 2021, the lead vocalist of the band Jayden Panesso announced on his Twitter account that new Sylar music was being worked on after an extended hiatus.
In an interview with Dead Press, the members of the band cited Bring Me the Horizon's Sempiternal, Deftones's eponymous fourth album, Slipknot's Iowa, Atreyu's the Curse and Poison's Open Up and Say... Ahh!